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	<title>THEAD/TBODY/TFOOT: Browser Peculiarities: RULES and FRAME attributes requiring THEAD/TBODY/TFOOT</title>
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<big><b><u>Assertion:</u></b></big>
<div class="assert">Internet Explorer requires the THEAD, TBODY and TFOOT sections 
to exist in order to use the RULES and FRAME attributes of the TABLE element. 
This is counter to the statement in the specifications for tables that the omission 
of THEAD, TBODY and TFOOT elements IMPLIES that the table content is all one TBODY section.</div>
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<b>Simple table, no TABLE attributes except border=2, no THEAD/TBODY/TFOOT elements:</b>
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<table border="2">
<tr><td>TD Cell 1</td><th>TH Cell 2</th><td>TD Cell 3 Filler text Filler text Filler text Filler text Filler text</td></tr>
<tr><td>TD Cell 4 Filler text Filler text Filler text Filler text Filler text</td><td>TD Cell 5</td><th>TH Cell 6</th></tr>
<tr><td>TD Cell 7</td><td>TD Cell 8</td><th>TH Cell 9</th></tr>
</table>
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<b>Simple table, TABLE border=2, frame=hsides, rules=rows; no THEAD/TBODY/TFOOT elements:</b>
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<table border="2" frame="hsides" rules="rows">
<tr><td>TD Cell 1</td><th>TH Cell 2</th><td>TD Cell 3 Filler text Filler text Filler text Filler text Filler text</td></tr>
<tr><td>TD Cell 4 Filler text Filler text Filler text Filler text Filler text</td><td>TD Cell 5</td><th>TH Cell 6</th></tr>
<tr><td>TD Cell 7</td><td>TD Cell 8</td><th>TH Cell 9</th></tr>
</table>
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<b>Complex table, TABLE border=2, frame=hsides, rules=rows; THEAD/TBODY/TFOOT separate the three table rows:</b>
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<table border="2" frame="hsides" rules="rows">
<thead>
<tr><td>TD Cell 1</td><th>TH Cell 2</th><td>TD Cell 3 Filler text Filler text Filler text Filler text Filler text</td></tr>
</thead>
<tfoot>
<tr><td>TD Cell 4 Filler text Filler text Filler text Filler text Filler text</td><td>TD Cell 5</td><th>TH Cell 6</th></tr>
</tfoot>
<tbody>
<tr><td>TD Cell 7</td><td>TD Cell 8</td><th>TH Cell 9</th></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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